Is the Church a community of friends? Steve Summers explores the significance of friendship for our understanding the church today.
INTRODUCTION
Methodology
Scholarship
Structure
SECTION ONE
Chapter 1 - 'YOU ARE MY FRIENDS' A textual survey
Chapter 2 - FRIENDSHIP'S POSTMODERN CONTEXT
SECTION TWO
Chapter 3 - FRIENDSHIP IN THE CLASSICAL ERA AND BEYOND
Chapter 4 - A THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF FRIENDSHIP
Chapter 5 - FRIENDS - THE SELF AND THE OTHER
SECTION THREE
Chapter 6 - FRIENDSHIP'S PARTICULARITY
Chapter 7 - THE CHURCH - A COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY